We should be finished around 4 p.m. at the latest
(Note: Late entry will be allowed up to Round 4 - with up to two 1/2 points byes for rounds missed.Entry Fee: $ 15 - [Free entry to those who have never played in a MCA tournament]
All entry fees returned as prizes.
CFC Membership not required.

Manitoba Active Rating will be used.

.For additional information please email chessmanitoba at gmail.com

Bronstein Mode:
With
the Bronstein timing method, time is always added after. Up to 10
seconds will be added to your clock as soon asyou have made your move
and pressed the Time Control Button ie, after you have made a move.
Example: Player A thinks, makes a move and presses the Time Control Button in 5
seconds. Only 5 seconds is added to player A's countdown clock after the
move has been made.
OR
Player A thinks, makes a move and presses the top button in 10 seconds
or more. Only 10 seconds is added to player A's countdown clock after the
move has been made.

Saturday, October 12, 2013

(Note: on February 23, 2013 the MCA board approved the adding up to two spots to the the Manitoba Championship at discretion
of the Board; if the Board add the two spots, qualifiers 7 and 8 (ordered by CFC rating, along with the new 2 additions
will play in a preliminary knockout round, producing two winners who then
play with the top six qualifiers by CFC rating)

Qualifiers -
Qualifiers
must play 10 standard rated games (somewhere in the world) during
calendar 2013 in order to qualify. In order of preference - if the
qualifying player did not want to
participate or the qualifier is redundant, we continued down the
list until there were 8 willing participants.

1. Previous Year's Champion (TREVOR VINCENT)
2. Winner of the Reserve (non scheduled this year thus far)
3. MB Junior Champion (if rated above 1900)
4. Top Manitoban in AY Memorial (TREVOR VINCENT)
5,6. Top 2 finishers in the Tournament of Champions (Nov-Dec)
7. Player with the best MTPPS (Modified Tournament Performance Point Score)
8. Player with the 2nd best MTPPS (Modified Tournament Performance Point Score)
9. 2nd Manitoban in the AY Memorial (KEVIN GENTES (on tiebreak)
10. Player with the 3rd best MTPPS
11. Player with the 4th best MTPPS
12. etc.from the MTPPS

MTPSS - Modified Tournament Performance Point Score
MTPPS is calculated as follows:
A Loss = 0 points
A Draw = the rating of the opponent
A Win = the greater of [your opponent's rating + 200] or [your rating]

The top ten performance scores for each player are counted
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The current top MTPPS scores are as follows:
(Tournaments
scored included all Manitoba CFC Standard rated tournaments, Canadian
Open, Canadian US National Open, US Open, Israeli Tournament) If you believe
a result has been missed or is incorrect, please contact me.

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Brooklyn Castle should be on Shaw Channel 81 Monday, Oct 7, 9:00pm ( I believe this may be Ch 348 on MTS)

http://www.pbs.org/pov/brooklyncastle/

Brooklyn’s I.S. 318 junior high school fits one inner-city stereotype—a
majority of its students come from below-the-poverty-line families. All
other expectations, as shown in the new documentary Brooklyn Castle,
should be checked at the door. Beginning in 2000, under the tutelage of
chess teacher and coach Elizabeth Spiegel and assistant principal and
chess coordinator John Galvin, I.S. 318 expanded its small chess program
and began competing in national tournaments. For those keeping score,
the results have been stunning: more than 30 national chess titles,
including, in 2012, the U.S. High School National Championship, a first
for a junior high.